Rice-huller and cuticle-remover



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UNITED STATES PATENT -EFIcE.

JOHN S. MOORE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

RICE-HULLER AND CUTlCLE-REMOVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,965, dated January5, 1886.

Application filed September 7, 1885. Serial No.176,457.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. MOORE, of New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Rice-Huilers and Cuticle-Removers, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional plan view of one of my improved rice-hullers andcuticle-removers. Fig.2 is a sectional end elevation of the same, takenthrough the line a: at, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation ofthe same, taken through the broken line 3 3 y, Fig. 2.

The object of this invention is to provide rice-hullers andcuticleremovers constructed in such a manner that the hulls and cuticleor bran will be quickly and thoroughly removed from the rice, and whichshall be simple in construction and convenient in use.

The inventionconsists in the construction and combination of the variousparts of the rice-huller and cuticle-remover, as will be hereinafterfully described and then claimed.

A represents the case, which may be made of sheet-iron or other suitablematerial. The case A is supported at a suitable height by legs B, or asupporting-frame attached to its lower side, and has openings in itslower side for the discharge of the hulled ricc, which openings areclosed by doors 0. In an opening in the middle part of the top of thecase, A, is secured a hopper, D, through which the rice to be hulled andcleaned is introduced.

E are two parallel shafts, which revolve in bearings in the ends of thecase A. To each of the shafts E are secured, by set-screws F or othersuitable means, two sleeves, G, to one of which is secured,or upon it isformed a right (No model.)

spiral flange, H, and to the other aleft spiral flange, H; The shafts Eare placed at such a distance from each other that the paths of 45 theirspiral flanges will slightly overlap, as indicated in Fig. 2.

To the shafts E, at one end, are attached gear-wheels I, the teeth ofwhich mesh into each other, so that one of the said shafts will 5c bedriven from the other, and that the two shafts will revolve in oppositedirections. To the other end of one of the shafts E is attached apulley, J, to receive a driving belt fromany convenient power.

In using the ricehuller and cuticleremover, the machine is started, andenough rice for a charge is put into the hopper D and passes down intothe case A, Where it is. operated upon by the flanges H until thefriction has removed the hulls and cuticle or bran from the kernels. Thedoors O are then opened, and the hulled and cleaned rice is allowed torun out into some suitable receiver, when the doors Care closed and ricefor another charge is poured into the hopper D.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A rice-huller and cuticle-remover con- 7( structedsubstantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the caseA,provided with supports B, discharge-doors O, and a hopper, D, twoparallel shafts, E, each provided with a right and a left spiral flange,H, 75 with connecting gear-wheels I, and a pulley, J, to receive adriving-belt, whereby the hulls and cuticle will be removed from thericekernels by friction',.as set forth.

JOHN S. MOORE.

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B. RIVET, H. J'. LAVERGNE.

